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Chapter Three: Sexual Morality

Chapter Three: Sexual Morality. Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings (10 th ed.) Julie C. Van Camp, Jeffrey Olen, Vincent Barry Cengage Learning/Wadsworth. The Traditional View of Sexual Morality. All sex outside marriage is wrong

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Chapter Three: Sexual Morality

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  1. Chapter Three:Sexual Morality Applying Ethics: A Text with Readings (10th ed.) Julie C. Van Camp, Jeffrey Olen, Vincent Barry Cengage Learning/Wadsworth

  2. The Traditional View of Sexual Morality • All sex outside marriage is wrong • View that everything in nature has a purpose, derived from Aristotle and Aquinas • The purpose of human beings is to engage in fully human love, which must accompany sex and be conducted within marriage

  3. The Libertarian View of Sexual Morality • Sex is an activity like any other • Standards for morality are no different from other activities • Defense of sexual libertarianism: why shouldn’t sex be treated like any other activity?

  4. Issues to consider in this debate • Venereal diseases and AIDS? • Threats to the family? • Personal fulfillment? • Naturalness?

  5. “Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics” The Vatican • Teachings rely on natural law, which provides objective standards for how people should behave • Values are innate in human nature • Human reason and divine revelation are used to recognize and develop these values • Values are immutable and do not change • Immoral: premarital sex, having children outside of marriage, homosexual acts, masturbation

  6. “Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person”Thomas A. Mappes • Sexual morality analyzed in terms of Kant’s principle that persons should be respected as ends in themselves. • “Voluntary informed consent” identifies when people are not being used merely as a means • Consent requirement violated when there is deception or dishonesty in relationships

  7. “Should a Feminist Choose a Marriage-Like Relationship”Marjorie Weinzweig • Paradox • Feminist goal of autonomous self-development conflicts with the structure and context of marriage-like relationships • Development of autonomous individuality is best promoted by living in a committed relationship • Three stages of self-development: • Inauthenticity • Autonomous being oneself • Autonomous being with others

  8. “The Case for Lesbian and Gay Marriage”Richard D. Mohr • Traditional definitions of “marriage” could accommodate same-sex couples • Progress toward justice for all should now include marriage for same-sex couples • Same-sex marriages promote further improvement in society’s understanding of marriage in general

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